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Do VST with Wine on Linux sound as good as VST on Windows?

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 2:57 am
by newsguy
I'm not sure if it is my imagination but I compared the same project on Windows 10 and on Lubuntu 20.04. The Windows 10 version sounds a little sharper and clearer than the Linux (Wine) version.

The VST plugins (with Wine) are A1 Trigger Gate and VladG Limiter n6

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/a1trig ... on-a1audio

https://www.tokyodawn.net/vladg-limiter-n6/

Has anyone compared VST plugins with Linux/Wine vs. Windows? What do you think? Do they sound the same or different?

Re: Do VST with Wine on Linux sound as good as VST on Windows?

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 12:40 pm
by Gps
I never compared plugins, but have noticed mp3 to sound different on Windows verses Linux. (same hardware) (openSUSE vs win 10 and win 7)

Nothing some EQ can't solve though.

Re: Do VST with Wine on Linux sound as good as VST on Windows?

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 1:25 pm
by newsguy
Gps wrote:
Sun May 22, 2022 12:40 pm
have noticed mp3 to sound different on Windows verses Linux. (same hardware) (openSUSE vs win 10 and win 7)
Yeah, I'm thinking it could be a combination of things.

Re: Do VST with Wine on Linux sound as good as VST on Windows?

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 2:50 pm
by musikbear
newsguy wrote:
Sun May 22, 2022 2:57 am
I'm not sure if it is my imagination but I compared the same project on Windows 10 and on Lubuntu 20.04. The Windows 10 version sounds a little sharper and clearer than the Linux (Wine) version.

The VST plugins (with Wine) are A1 Trigger Gate and VladG Limiter n6

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/a1trig ... on-a1audio

https://www.tokyodawn.net/vladg-limiter-n6/

Has anyone compared VST plugins with Linux/Wine vs. Windows? What do you think? Do they sound the same or different?
Did you use same backend in both exports?
SDL is 'only*' good one for windows, but my guess is that you used JACK with Linux(?)
SDL works ok in linux too, so any comparing should be SDL v. SDL

*ASIO is good too, but prone for crash